Staffers for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and another member of Congress allowed producers with Stephen Colbert’s show into the U.S. Capitol before the producers were arrested, according to Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.).
“It’s my understanding that these individuals were brought in by someone associated with Adam Schiff’s office,” Davis, the top Republican on the House Administration Committee, said on Fox News.
Seven people were arrested on June 16 around 8:30 p.m. at the Longworth House Office Building because they did not have an escort and did not have congressional identification, the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) said.
Officers determined the individuals were part of a group that had been asked to leave earlier in the day and charged the people with unlawful entry….